Nonprofit

Recent research, drawing on behavioral economics, suggests that donors make larger contributions to a nonprofit organization when they have a sense of active involvement in the organization's mission. In an op-ed for the New York Times, Professor Robert Shiller suggests that changes to legal and institutional structures could be powerful new tools to increase engagement and giving.

Hilary Pennington, SOM Class of 1983, spoke at the Yale School of Management’s Social Impact Lab, sharing her thoughts on social impact, having spent the previous five years as Director of Special Initiatives at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In association with the Goldman Sachs Foundation, SOM created the Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures Businss Plan Competition. Yale MBA students participated in this national competition from 2002-2005.

In planning the Yale Philanthropy Conference this year, Yale SOM students drew their inspiration from very close to home. In structure and theme, the conference was built around the multidisciplinary approach of the Yale integrated MBA curriculum.